This documentary is about photographer Bob Gruen and his career in photography and working with rock bands. It uses interviews, archive footage, voiceovers and graphics to tell Gruen's story. It starts with interviews about Gruen and his work, shows his personal connections to bands in the middle, and ends with his decision to retire from photography. Throughout, it incorporates relevant music and archive footage while using typical documentary camerawork and editing techniques to engage viewers.

2. -Photography
-Rock and Roll
-Music
This is a mixed documentary because
it includes things such as interviews,
archive footage, voice overs and
graphics.

3. Narrative Structure
It starts off the documentary with interviews about Bob Gruen. As it gets to the
middle of the documentary we learn about more about Bob Gruen, his work
and his personal connections. The end of the documentary shows that he has
decided to end his career in photography.
Camera Work
The camera work in this documentary is typical for a mixed documentary to use.
Rule of third shots and medium close ups are used in the interviews, this is
when the person’s eyes who are being interviewed are in the top third of the
left or right hand side of the screen.
Mise En Scene
The backgrounds used in the interviews are relevant to the topic of the
documentary and do not distract the audience from what is happening on
screen.

4. Sound
Throughout this documentary music is being played to help the audience relate
to it. For example, different bands from the 80’s are being played in the
background as pictures are brought up on screen.
Editing
Basic editing has been used to create this documentary, simple transactions are
used to cut between interviews and archive footage.
Archive Footage
Archive material plays a big part in this film because it is the basis for the whole
project. Different footage of Bob Gruen’s work and bands that he worked with
are used within this documentary.
Graphics
The graphics used in this are to show the names of the people being interviewed
on screen. Although the graphic distract the audience it fits with the theme of the
documentary